The Phoenix Critics Circle 2017 Award Winners

The award winning The Shape of Water ties with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missourifor Best Picture; Shape takes home seven awards.

December 16, 2017 – Phoenix, AZ

The Phoenix Critic’s Circle Awards have announced their 2017 award winners along with several Lifetime Achievement Awards, a first for this year. Indicative of the tough choices in front of Academy voters and the recent spate of nominations from the HFPA (Golden Globes), SAG, and various other groups, Fox Searchlight films’ The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri tied for this groups’ Best Picture winner. Disney – Pixar’s Coco took home Best Animated Film, while the French Horror – Drama, Raw took home the Best Foreign Language Film. The polarizing Get Out took home awards for Best Horror Film and Best Mystery or Thriller Film.

In the acting arena, Timothée Chalamet won Best Actor for the upcoming Call Me by Your Name. In the Best Actress category, there was a tie between Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water and Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Sam Rockwell took home the Supporting Actor award for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Laurie Metcalf’s turn as a struggling mom in Lady Bird won for Supporting Actress.

Jonny Greenwood’s score for Phantom Thread took home the award for Best Score while there was a three – way tie for Best Screenplay between Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird, Martin McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Jordan Peele for Get Out.

Finally, Christopher Nolan took home the Best Director award for Dunkirk. Now available on streaming services and on Blu-ray and UHD BD in two weeks, you might consider checking out this stellar film.

Don’t worry Andy Serkis fans. We’ve awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award for his portrayal of Caesar in the Planet of the Apes trilogy. See the list of winners below. Did your favorite 2017 film win? If not, we’d love to hear what your choice would have been and why.

Look for our Top 10 of 2017 in between Christmas and New Years and Happy Movie Watching!

On December 15th, 2017, the Phoenix Critics Circle gathered to announce their winners. Below you’ll find their list of winners for the best films and performances of 2017.

The Phoenix Critics Circle is established as an association for professional film critique and analysis. Administered by the 501c3 non-profit Phoenix Film Foundation, the Phoenix Critics Circle is committed to the progression and preservation of film and is composed of print, television, radio and online film critics from Arizona.